For the shut-ins

TheMonotonePuppet

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What is a common shut-in vibe for you? Do you have multiple?
I’ll go first!

Vibe: The moment your friends start warming up to you, you start thinking they hate you and can’t say the words because they are too nice to actually voice it. Or, they really do like you, and you just can’t handle that either.
 

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And them reassuring that it’s ok or that they do like you starts making you panic because now you’re worrying that you’re an attention-seeker and oh my stars you’re a terrible person, haha! You’ve proved it with worrying about it out loud, now go hide away and never go online again!!!
Do you feel classic moments of being a shut-in; moments that say you’re a recluse at heart; the mentally ill desire to go off into a bamboo forest and become a curmudgeonly hermit until you die of starvation because you have shit for survival skills?
 

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Vibe: The moment your friends start warming up to you, you start thinking they hate you and can’t say the words because they are too nice to actually voice it. Or, they really do like you, and you just can’t handle that either.

Do you feel classic moments of being a shut-in; moments that say you’re a recluse at heart; the mentally ill desire to go off into a bamboo forest and become a curmudgeonly hermit until you die of starvation because you have shit for survival skills?
No.
Just... just you. Nobody else feels this way but you.

So, I guess, if your goal is to be an isolated shut in...
Mission accomplished?
Yay?
 

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What is a common shut-in vibe for you? Do you have multiple?
I’ll go first!

Vibe: The moment your friends start warming up to you, you start thinking they hate you and can’t say the words because they are too nice to actually voice it. Or, they really do like you, and you just can’t handle that either.
sounds more like paranoia to me
 

TheMonotonePuppet

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No.
Just... just you. Nobody else feels this way but you.

So, I guess, if your goal is to be an isolated shut in...
Mission accomplished?
Yay?
Oof! Just oof! LOL!
People don't seem interesting to me, and I don't have the desire to know more about them to see if they are or not, so I prefer to stay at home and occupy myself with anything that could stop my brain from thinking about anything else, like life problem or introspection.

:blob_hmm_two: Did I check the shut-in vibe?
@Sleds Whoo! You did indeed pass the gatekeeping for shut-ins! Avoidance of outside life and a lack of interest in participating in society are all very important checkmarks! *puts hands on hips and nods affirmatively and exaggerated seriousness*
Vibe? Content being alone. Dealing with people is more tiring than physical exercise.
@Daitengu LOL! For real! Dealing with people is so HARD! Especially (for me) after the fact, where I start second-guessing myself in hindsight.
I refuse to engage, your mockery of me isn't even funny.

There’s no difference for the "average" human.
@Voidiris Hehehehe... I promise you... I wasn't even thinking of you when I wrote that! *evil grin*
I can't escape the little human, so I have little desire to subject myself to other humans right now.
So real. Me with my many siblings.
sounds more like paranoia to me
Paranoia leads to shut-in vibes. Paranoia is the cause (for me at least), while shut-in vibes are the result.:cool:
 

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What is a common shut-in vibe for you? Do you have multiple?
I’ll go first!

Vibe: The moment your friends start warming up to you, you start thinking they hate you and can’t say the words because they are too nice to actually voice it. Or, they really do like you, and you just can’t handle that either.
when i meet someone i either vibe or not... usually that vibe is if we have a common interest in something... and they not looking at me like im insane because of my out of touch jokes
 

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In a new environment, I won't initiate a conversation. And if someone did talk to me, I would try to end that, though subtly because I don't want to be rude.

And yeah, I have difficulty memorizing new names because I'm generally uninterested in meeting new people. Not that I arrogantly believe I'm above them, but the otherwise. I'm an insignificant existence.
 

TheMonotonePuppet

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In a new environment, I won't initiate a conversation. And if someone did talk to me, I would try to end that, though subtly because I don't want to be rude.

And yeah, I have difficulty memorizing new names because I'm generally uninterested in meeting new people. Not that I arrogantly believe I'm above them, but the otherwise. I'm an insignificant existence.
I just have trash name memorization. No reason to it. Luck of the draw, I guess. I can try as hard as I possibly can, and I still get left wishing "Can everyone please wear name tags?"
*sigh*
 

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I just have trash name memorization. No reason to it. Luck of the draw, I guess. I can try as hard as I possibly can, and I still get left wishing "Can everyone please wear name tags?"
*sigh*
Heh, it's worst when I deal with my students, and they go, "Sir, do you remember me?"

And I was like, "Dude, I deal with 800+ kids every single work day, and 100+ adults irl and online, and you ask if I remember your name?"

I believe we both can remember faces?
 
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Night/street market:
Those sellers will bring their face saying "Hey buy this, this is cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Someone out there will 'Staaaaareeeeee~~' at me, and I'm not good with eye-contact.
When I try to buy something the prices change from $6 to $5, just give me the price.

Others:
Crowds of people cramp in one area.
Camera, I don't want anyone to remember me except in their heads.
People who are worried of me with their talk when I could hear them "Is this person 'mental illness'"

The way to mitigate:
Face mask helps cover my identity.
Hat to cover my eyes from getting looked at.
I will be found in some quiet area eating my breakfast.
Observing the greenery folliage reduces stress and distracts whatever hell is happening.

Thoughts and suggestion:
Puppet I know like friends can be a capable lier but have you found true ones that is honest? That atleast made me not worried since I can mock them and they bite my ass a second later.
Tend to forget names but do you know, nicknames are there for a reason the same way I called that person 'Broken Leg' because obviously~ make it interesting so its worthwhile to remember, I forgot someone here on this forum who had leach sucking on them but I would call them 'Backup Appetite'
Self reliance/love, to not depend on others physically and emotionally, capable of taking care oneself before others.
One more thing, how to explain this.... When it comes to the start of panic, rage, cry that phrase "Its okay, just let it out" and don't keep it shut.
 

TheMonotonePuppet

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Heh, it's worst when I deal with my students, and they go, "Sir, do you remember me?"

And I was like, "Dude, I deal with 800+ kids every single work day, and 100+ adults irl and online, and you ask if I remember your name?"

I believe we both can remember faces?
I feel your pain! LOL! How would you remember their name? It boggles the mind!
I can remember faces! Yes. That's easy!
...
:sweating_profusely: Most of the time at least. When I am extra depressed...
All brain cells go out the window.
 
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